Liu F(1), Liu Y(1), Feng X(2), Ibrahim SA(3), Huang W(4). Author information:
(1)College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University,
Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
(2)Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging, San Jose State
University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA.
(3)Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina A&T State
University, 171 Carver Hall, Greensboro, NC 27411, United States.
(4)College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University,
Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China. Electronic address: [Email]
Carboxymethyl pachymaran (CMP) was prepared from Poria cocos polysaccharide by carboxymethylation. Two types of CMP (CMP-1 and CMP-2) were further purified by DEAE-52 anion-exchange chromatography. The structure characteristics and immunomodulatory activities of CMP-1 and CMP-2 were investigated. CMP-1 was determined as β-(1 → 3)-d-glucan. A β-(1 → 3)-d-glucan backbone structure was also found in CMP-2, which was mainly consistent of mannose and glucose, with the mole ratio of 0.03:1. The molecular weight of CMP-1 was 126.1 kDa with a 30.4 nm irregular sphere in distilled water. However, the molecular weight of CMP-2 was 172.6 kDa in a 19.9 nm spherical structure in water solution. Both CMP-1 and CMP-2 had triple helical structure, which can promote the proliferation and the phagocytosis of macrophages. Moreover, CMP-1 and CMP-2 both could improve the secretions of NO, TNF-α and IL-6 by increasing the expression of iNOS, TNF-α and IL-6 mRNA, but CMP-1 exhibited a stronger immunomodulatory ability than that of CMP-2. Our results indicated that CMP-1 and CMP-2 can act as potential immunomodulatory agents.
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